St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-05
NOT ASKED TO EsIGN.
Mccormack Severely Criticised. But
no Evidence Found Of Displeasure
Tn rlse Pre- Sidpnt.

Mccormack Severely Criticised. But
no Evidence Found Of Displeasure
to the President.
Special Correspondence of the Globe.
BISMARCK. March 3.-During the past
week there has been considerable talk back
and forth here regarding Secretary McCor-
mack 1t has been rumored and promptly
denied that Mr.. Mccormack has been asked
to explain why he pardoned Tom Magill.
Mr.. Mccormack says that no request of the
kind has been made of him, and if it has
il cannot be c0rrobOrated here. The prob
abilities are that the rumor was built on the
dispatch that came from the pen Of
some Washington newspaper correspondent
a few days ago to the effect that President
Cleveland had asked Mccormack to resign.
1t is a fact that the wide swath cut by Sec
rotary Mccormack during the week that he
acted as governor was the cause of more or
less talk and a good deal of it was of a
severely critical nature. There is no feel
ing of passionate love between Secretary
Mccormack and Attorney General Engle,
and the latter Official told me the
other day that he was not
consulted in regard to the legal
ity of the bill legalizing the Sioux Falls
bill which was vetoed by Mr.. Mccormack
and promptly passed over his veto by the
council. | understand that the house
would have ignored the veto had it not
been for the efforts of Hon. M. II. Day,
who endeaYored to get the substitute bill
through in time to allow Mccormack to APP
prove it, but Mr.. Grigsby frustrated the
plan, and it was held by the engrossing
committee until Gov. Church was seated.
and he promptly approved it when
it was placed in his hands. Wh)
Acting Gov. Mccormack consulted regard
ing the Sioux Falls bill. if it was not Attor-
ney General Engle, is not known. The par
doning of Tom Magill was surprise to
many people, and they thought at the time
that, while Acting Gov. Mccormack had
not overreached his authority. it was seri-
Gus matter, and should have been left to
GOV. Church, who, it is understood, did not
approve of this action of his predecessor for
a week. | am told that in vetCing the divorce
bill MIR. Mccormack consulted the attorney
general upon one point only. and that was
relative to cases now pending i'll the courts,
and this point was only one of several OBJ
iections raised in the veto. This is, as
near as | can ascertain. the true status of af
fairs. and while the action of Mr.. McCOr-
mack, while temporarily filling the guberna
torial chair, was displeasing to a large nun
Der of people and some officials, there wa:
probably not enough sentiment created t.
stir the chief executive OF the country up t(
such point that he would ask for Secretary
McCormack's resignation. 1t is givensou
that the independent course taken by
Gov. Church and the perSistency witt
which he insists on taking his own colnse
has not been more highly pleasing to Secre
tary Mccormack than to Mr.. Day, but Coy
Church smiles pleasantly at these dis
gruntled individuals and joys complacentl,
along the Independent line Of march thai
he laid out at the beginning of his admins
tration. TEE AITCH.